{"id":"CVE-2026-68982","aliases":[],"cve":{"records":[{"id":"CVE-2026-68982","source":"apache","state":"PUBLISHED","reasons":[],"replacements":[],"disputed":false,"unsupportedWhenAssigned":false,"reserved":"2026-08-02T00:09:01.550Z","published":"2026-11-09T09:55:00.238Z","modified":"2026-11-13T17:07:52.875Z"}],"publishers":[{"name":"apache","role":"CNA","organizationId":"f0158376-9dc2-43b6-827c-5f631a4d8d09","modified":"2026-11-09T13:05:04.432Z"},{"name":"CISA-ADP","role":"ADP","organizationId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","modified":"2026-11-13T17:07:52.875Z"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/71192","tags":["patch"],"source":"apache"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11981","tags":["related"],"source":"apache"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7t514l87nhjworv2ns22b8ltxr1f7rhg","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"source":"apache"}],"weaknesses":[{"id":"CWE-306","description":"CWE-306: Missing Authentication for Critical Function","source":"apache"}],"applicability":[],"prioritization":[{"source":"CISA-ADP","type":"SSVC","role":"CISA Coordinator","timestamp":"2026-11-13T17:06:58.098402Z","decisions":[{"name":"Exploitation","value":"none"},{"name":"Automatable","value":"yes"},{"name":"Technical Impact","value":"total"}]}]},"title":"Apache Airflow: CeleryExecutor: forged callback workloads run on Celery workers without workload-token validation","titleSource":"apache","descriptionSource":"apache","description":"Apache Airflow's CeleryExecutor ran callback workloads (`ExecuteCallback`, used for deadline-alert callbacks) without validating the workload's authentication token. Anyone able to write to the Celery broker could enqueue a forged callback and execute arbitrary code on every CeleryExecutor worker, without Airflow credentials. Deployments using the CeleryExecutor are affected.\n\nUsers are advised to upgrade to apache-airflow 3.4.0 or later, in which the worker claims the callback through the Execution API, validating the token, before running it.","score":9.8,"severity":"critical","published":"2026-11-09T09:55:00.238Z","modified":"2026-11-13T17:07:52.875Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"products":[{"vendor":"Apache Software Foundation","name":"Apache Airflow","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","lessThan":"3.4.0","versionType":"semver"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:pypi/apache-airflow-core","packageIdentity":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"apache-airflow-core"},"cpes":[],"source":"apache","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68982"}],"remediation":[],"references":["https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/71192","https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-11981","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7t514l87nhjworv2ns22b8ltxr1f7rhg"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-68982","modified":"2026-11-13T17:07:52.875Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68982"}],"assessments":[{"source":"CISA-ADP","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8}],"sourceAffected":[],"observedAt":"2026-11-13T17:27:57.197Z","kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-11-15T00:15:33.603Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-11-09T10:10:34.780Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-09T10:10:34.780Z"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-11-09T10:10:35.224Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-09T10:10:35.224Z"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-11-09T10:10:35.668Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-09T10:10:35.668Z"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"no-result","checkedAt":"2026-11-09T10:10:34.421Z","attemptedAt":"2026-11-09T10:10:34.421Z"}],"evidence":[],"aiSummary":{"text":"Apache Airflow's CeleryExecutor runs callback workloads without validating authentication tokens, allowing arbitrary code execution on workers. Affected versions are less than 3.4.0. An attacker with access to the Celery broker can exploit this weakness.","model":"@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast","generatedAt":"2026-11-09T10:11:05.998Z","sources":[{"name":"CVE","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68982"}]}}